UNB, Sylhet
Import of coal from India through four land stations of Sylhet division remained suspended for the last two days since on Thursday due to government ban on import of coal containing over one percent sulphur.
The ban was imposed on coal import from India through Tamabil, Sheola land stations in Sylhet and Borochara and Charagaon land ports in Sunamganj district, rendering around 25,000 workers jobless and incurring loss to government exchequer.
Sylhet Coal Importers Group Samity sources said coal containing over one per cent sulphur was banned as per the import rules of Commerce Ministry in 2003. [Read more]